Parole board: Spare obese condemned Ohio killer

Published: December 14, 2012 11:30 AM

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- The Ohio Parole Board is recommending mercy for an obese death row inmate based on claims raising doubts about his legal representation, not about his weight.

Attorneys for inmate Ronald Post said assertions that he confessed to the 1983 slaying of a motel clerk have been falsely exaggerated and questioned how his original lawyers handled his no contest plea.